EACH WORKSHOP IS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR NYC-BASED MANUFACTURING COMPANIES USING SURVEY DATA FROM OVER 150 NYC MANUFACTURERS.

TECHNOLOGY WORKSHOPS

NYC Manufacturers: Join us to learn about how advanced technologies could benefit your business on a practical level!

UPCOMING TECHNOLOGY WORKSHOPS FOR NYC MANUFACTURERS:

Awareness Level Workshops:

All awareness workshops have been completed.

Advanced Level Workshops:

Collaborative robot training day on Universal Robots, Thu. Jan. 31st. This is a small group session with very limited space to allow for hands on training. If you are a NYC Manufacturer with interest, email Mary McKay at mmckay@itac.nyc. Session is being held at Axis NJ’s office in New Hyde Park, NY.

ABOUT OPS21 WORKSHOPS:

Based on feedback from over 150 NYC Manufacturers, the Ops21 program has been specifically designed to help you identify technologies that will enable your company to optimize operations and increase competitiveness.

Through Ops21, a Futureworks NYC program backed by NYCEDC and led by ITAC, we will be hosting 24 advanced technology workshops across three topic areas: advanced materials, digital manufacturing, and robotics.

“Whether you are a NYC manufacturer developing a new product or investigating a quality issue, you will find the Ops21 Advanced Materials workshop beneficial. I was amazed to learn about the array of technologies and knowledge base available to local companies.” – Patrick, Vartest Laboratories

Digital Manufacturing

Digital Manufacturing is the use of digital tools to collect and analyze data to improve tool design, product design, or manufacturing operations. Benefits include reduced time of product design and manufacturing; improvement of product, process, and enterprise performance; and across-the-board savings regardless of industry.

“All small manufacturers could benefit from evaluating if digital manufacturing could improve their processes.” – Ryne, IEH Corporation

"The opportunity to attend a session like the Ops21 Digital Manufacturing session should not be missed! Getting a glimpse into the technology available to help improve manufacturing was well worth the difficult to find time away from my business." – Jason, Yula Corporation

Robotics

Robotics is the use of integrated systems that perform tasks deemed tedious, difficult, repetitive, or dangerous for people. Robotics includes the use of collaborative robots (cobots), which work side-by-side with people in shared workspaces. Benefits include increased quality and accuracy from consistent, repeatable operations; enhanced workflows lowering production costs; and improved payback periods due to increased robot affordability (e.g. cobots).

Expert: NYU Tandon Mechatronics, Control, and Robotics Lab (MCRL)Next Awareness Workshop: All awareness workshops are complete.Next Advanced Workshop: Collaborative robot training day on Universal Robots, Thu. Jan. 31st. This is a small group session with very limited space to allow for hands on training. If you are a NYC Manufacturer with interest, email Mary McKay at mmckay@itac.nyc. Session is being held at Axis NJ’s office in New Hyde Park, NY.

Feedback from prior attendees:

“Most manufacturers could benefit from this workshop. The explanation of different types of robots and their pros/cons was the aspect of the workshop that was most beneficial to me” – Billy, Lee Spring Co.

“This workshop is very informative and worthwhile as a starting block in automation implementation.” – Nadav, Rosco Vision Systems